Podcast Episodes featuring Tom Wolfe

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Remembering Tom Wolfe and the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Library Talks - May 24, 2018 20:57 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 307 ratings
Literary icon and friend of The New York Public Library, Tom Wolfe passed away last week at the age of 88. Wolfe became a Library Lion in 1981, and is the author of many books, including The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff. Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test was first release...

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Tom Wolfe’s death. NJ Gambling law. Ann Coulter Interview

Mark Simone - May 16, 2018 15:56 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 589 ratings
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Commentary Podcast: PODCAST: Mindless in Gaza, and a Goodbye to Tom Wolfe

The Commentary Magazine Podcast - May 15, 2018 16:03 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratings
The reaction to the violence at the Israel-Gaza border was not a surprise, we say on this week's first podcast, but the perpetual effort to deny Palestinians human agency and to absolve them of responsibility for the actions leading to the deaths and injuries on the Gazan side never ceases to ama...

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Tom Wolfe and Preet Bharara with Thane Rosenbaum: 92Y Talks Episode 70

92NY Talks - December 17, 2015 23:39 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 211 ratings
Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities made an indelible mark on literature and pop culture when it was published in 1987. In this episode of 92Y Talks, the esteemed author sits down with New York University's Forum on Law, Culture, & Society director Thane Rosenbaum and United States Attorney Pree...

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Tom Wolfe on Handwriting & Humility

Library Talks - February 12, 2015 17:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 307 ratings
On the heels of the success of his bestselling 2012 novel “Back to Blood,” Wolfe came to NYPL to discuss identity, beliefs, and the weaving together of journalism and fiction.

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1386: A 2012 Interview with Tom Wolfe

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - March 28, 2013 17:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"This is not a how-to book."

Books written by Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe

221 Episodes - 304 pages - ★★★★ - 207 ratings

The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe

11 Episodes - 690 pages - ★★★★ - 57.3K ratings

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe

4 Episodes - 416 pages - ★★★★ - 59.2K ratings

I am Charlotte Simmons
Tom Wolfe

738 pages - ★★★ - 20.5K ratings

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
Tom Wolfe

144 pages - ★★★★ - 2.22K ratings